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        <p>&gt; — 
      Determines if one value is greater than another.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Determines if one value is greater than another.
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        <h2>Syntax</h2>
        <pre class="synopsis">(a <span class="command"><strong>&gt;</strong></span>  b <span class="command"><strong>?</strong></span> v1 <span class="command"><strong>:</strong></span> v2)</pre>
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      where <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>v1</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>v2</em></span> may be expressions, but <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span> not audio-rate.
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        <h2>Performance</h2>
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      In the above conditional, <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span> are first compared. If the indicated relation is true (<span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span> greater than <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span>), then the conditional expression has the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>v1</em></span>; if the relation is false, the expression has the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>v2</em></span>.
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      NB.: If <span class="emphasis"><em>v1</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>v2</em></span> are expressions, these will be evaluated before the conditional is determined.
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      In terms of binding strength, all conditional operators (i.e. the relational operators (<span class="emphasis"><em>&lt;</em></span>, etc.), and <span class="emphasis"><em>?</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>:</em></span> ) are weaker than the arithmetic and logical operators (<span class="emphasis"><em>+</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>-</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>*</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>/</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>&amp;&amp;</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>||</em></span>).
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      These are <span class="emphasis"><em>operators</em></span> not <span class="emphasis"><em>opcodes</em></span>. Therefore, they can be used within orchestra statements, but do not form complete statements themselves.
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        <h2>Examples</h2>
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      Here is an example of the &gt; operator. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/greaterthan.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">greaterthan.csd</em></a>.

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            <strong>Example 22. Example of the &gt; operator.</strong>
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            <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
<span class="comment">; Audio out   Audio in</span>
-odac           -iadc    <span class="comment">;;;RT audio I/O</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o greaterthan.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>

<span class="comment">; Initialize the global variables.</span>
<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">kr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1

<span class="comment">; Instrument #1.</span>
<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1
  <span class="comment">; Get the 4th p-field from the score.</span>
  k1 <span class="op">=</span>  p4

  <span class="comment">; Is it greater than 3? (1 = true, 0 = false)</span>
  k2 <span class="op">=</span> (p4 <span class="op">&gt;</span> 3 <span class="op">?</span> 1 <span class="op">:</span> 0)

  <span class="comment">; Print the values of k1 and k2.</span>
  <span class="opc">printks</span> "k1 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">%</span>f, k2 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">%</span>f\\n", 1, k1, k2
<span class="oblock">endin</span>


<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>

<span class="comment">; Call Instrument #1 with a p4 = 2.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 0.5 2
<span class="comment">; Call Instrument #1 with a p4 = 3.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 1 0.5 3
<span class="comment">; Call Instrument #1 with a p4 = 4.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 2 0.5 4
<span class="stamnt">e</span>


<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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      Its output should include lines like this:
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k1 = 2.000000, k2 = 0.000000
k1 = 3.000000, k2 = 0.000000
k1 = 4.000000, k2 = 1.000000</pre>
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        <h2>See Also</h2>
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      <a class="link" href="equals.html" title="=="><em class="citetitle">==</em></a>,
      <a class="link" href="greaterequal.html" title="&gt;="><em class="citetitle">&gt;=</em></a>,
      <a class="link" href="lessequal.html" title="&lt;="><em class="citetitle">&lt;=</em></a>,
      <a class="link" href="lessthan.html" title="&lt;"><em class="citetitle">&lt;</em></a>,
      <a class="link" href="notequal.html" title="!="><em class="citetitle">!=</em></a>
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        <h2>Credits</h2>
        <p>Example written by Kevin Conder.</p>
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